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The Roman Empire
The Roman Empire
Legend says that the twin Brothers Romulus and Remus founded
Rome in 753 BC. Romulus was the first king of Rome but after
500 years Rome became a republic. t this time! Romans
con"uered a lot of territories around the #editerranean $ea!
%orth frica and the #iddle &ast because they had a powerful
army. Roman soldiers had hea'y armours and good weapons(
a)es! spears! swords! catapults. *he fall of the Roman &mpire
was in the year 500 +.
Religion
*he apostle ,aul spread the new religion of Christianism all
o'er the Roman world.
Language
Romans spoke Latin.
Architecture
*hey built stone bridges and walls! roads! a"ueducts! churches!
theatres! temples! arches! public baths and coliseums where
people had a great time watching how gladiators fought.
Society
*here were three classes of citi-ens( rich aristocrats! wealthy
merchants and plebeians. .n the other hand! sla'es worked
hard and had no rights
Economy
Romans used coins to buy and trade all o'er the empire. $la'es
did mining! building and hard manual labour.
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3.0 4ladiators fought in churches. 22 22222222222222222222222222222222
3.0 Latin was the language of Romans. 22 22222222222222222222222222222222
5.0 Romans con"uered $outh frica. 22 22222222222222222222222222222222
5.0 $la'es were pri'ileged. 22 22222222222222222222222222222222
6.0 *he Roman &mpire was always a Republic. 22 222222222222222222222222
7.0 Romus became the first king of the &mpire. 22 222222222222222222222222
7.0 Romans built a"ueducts and arches. 22 222222222222222222222222222222
8.0 *he &mpire was founded in 753 +. 22 222222222222222222222222222222
/0.0 ristocrats had no rights. 22 222222222222222222222222222222222222222
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Legend says that the twin Brothers Romulus and Remus founded
Rome in 753 BC. Romulus was the first king of Rome but after
500 years Rome became a republic. t this time! Romans
con"uered a lot of territories around the #editerranean $ea!
%orth frica and the #iddle &ast because they had a powerful
army. Roman soldiers had hea'y armours and good weapons(
a)es! spears! swords! catapults. *he fall of the Roman &mpire
was in the year 500 +.
Religion
*he apostle ,aul spread the new religion of Christianism all
o'er the Roman world.
Language
Romans spoke Latin.
Architecture
*hey built stone bridges and walls! roads! a"ueducts churches!
theatres! temples! arches! public baths and coliseums where
people had a great time watching how gladiators fought.
Society
*here were three classes of citi-ens( rich aristocrats! wealthy
merchants and plebeians. .n the other hand! sla'es worked
hard and had no rights
Economy
Romans used coins to buy and trade all o'er the empire. $la'es
did mining! building and hard manual labour.
/.0 1ealthy merchants had no rights. False. They were privileged.
3.0 4ladiators fought in churches. False. They fought in coliseums.
3.0 Latin was the language of Romans. True.
5.0 Romans con"uered $outh frica. False. They conquered North Africa.
5.0 $la'es were pri'ileged. False. They worked hard.
6.0 *he Roman &mpire was always a Republic. False. It was also a monarchy.
7.0 Romus became the first king of the &mpire. False. It was Romulus.
7.0 Romans built a"ueducts and arches. True.
8.0 *he &mpire was founded in 753 +. False. It was founded in 7! "#
/0.0 ristocrats had no rights. False. They were privileged.
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